The chairman of Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission announces the victory of incumbent Kasym-Jomart Tokayev in the presidential elections with 81.31% of the vote.
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Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
The head of the Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan, Nurlan Abdyrov, announced that the incumbent president, Kasym-Jomart Tokayev, won The presidential elections held in the country last Sunday.
“Kassem Jomart Kamilievich Tokayev received 6,456,392 votes, or 81.31 percent of the votes,” Abdirov told a press conference on Tuesday, adding that the election turnout was 69.44 percent.
Tokayev’s inauguration ceremony is expected to take place on November 26.
The second place in the presidential elections was occupied by the candidate of the “Awil” party, Giguli Dayrabaev, with 3.42%.
According to information from the Central Election Commission, the candidate for the Federation of Trade Unions of Kazakhstan, Miram Kagykin, received 2.53% of the votes, and the candidate for the “National Alliance of Professional Social Workers”, Kararat Abdin, got 2.6% .
The candidate for “Kazakh Mothers – Path to Traditions”, Sultana Tursinbekov, received 2.12%, and the head of the National Socialist Democratic Party of Astana, Nurlan Oispaev, received 2.22%.
And 5.8% of voters voted “against all candidates”.
Kazakhstan has experienced riots The country was thrown into chaos in January. Killed 238 people.
The country is still in the shock of this crisis and, demonstrating the continuing tension, the authorities announced last Thursday that they had arrested 7 supporters of an exiled opposition. accused of instigating a “coup”.
